austen work for sale

while it is exciting than a hand written version of The Watsons, see this article, is up for sale in London, the focus in this article on Austen's writing and editing style is particularly interesting to me.  to begin, a senior book specialist for Sotheby's highlights writers who edit versus writers who are inspired.  i'm constantly trying to correct the incorrect assumption that good writers don't revise, they just write (the way a poet just spits out poetry - which of course is not what really happens).  having jane austen as an example, with a very particular way of folding the paper to write her story, then cramming her editing into it, that's just amazing.  the next time i have to edit a paper for the hundredth time (oh, that will happen several times this summer) i'll have to channel austen and all her corrections so i can create an academic article as well dialogued as P&P.